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Every event in Gainesville this weekend. Checked nightly. 261 events, Friday through Sunday, all local and each listed once.

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2 of 261 events this weekend, narrowed to Morning, Food & Drink, Free. The same weekend keeps its own dated address: the permanent page for October 16–18.

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Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention7
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre6

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Weekend of October 16–182 eventsMorning · Food & Drink · FreeClear

This Weekend
in Gainesville

Every event in Gainesville this weekend. Checked nightly. 261 events, Friday through Sunday, all local and each listed once.

The weekend, filtered.

2 of 261 events this weekend, narrowed to Morning, Food & Drink, Free. The same weekend keeps its own dated address: the permanent page for October 16–18.

This weekend’s permanent page

Upcoming weekends

October 16–18, 2026261
October 23–25, 2026291
October 30 – November 1, 2026203
November 6–8, 2026167
November 13–15, 2026152
November 20–22, 202651
November 27–29, 202633
December 4–6, 202655
December 11–13, 202640
December 18–20, 202637
December 25–27, 202613
January 1–3, 202718

Venues with events this weekend

Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention7
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre6

Upcoming weekends

October 16–18, 2026261
October 23–25, 2026291
October 30 – November 1, 2026203
November 6–8, 2026167
November 13–15, 2026152
November 20–22, 202651
November 27–29, 202633
December 4–6, 202655
December 11–13, 202640
December 18–20, 202637
December 25–27, 202613
January 1–3, 202718

Eastside High School Auditorium6

High Springs Brewing Company6

Hippodrome Cinema6

Sun Country Sports Center6

Albert "Ray" Massey Westside Park5

Coliseum of Comics Gainesville5

Hippodrome Theatre5

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College5

Millhopper Branch Library5

Easton Newberry Sports Complex4

Headquarters Library4

Heartwood Soundstage4

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts4

Signal4

Waldo Branch Library4

1126 NW 11th Ave Gainesville, FL 326013

Artisans’ Guild Gallery3

Depot Park3

Evergreen Cemetery3

First Magnitude Brewing Company3

Gainesville Church of God3

Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium3

PK Yonge Performing Arts Center3

The Lynx3

UF School of Music3

215 NW 10th Ave Gainesville, FL 326012

Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center2

Archer Branch Library2

Bo Diddley Plaza2

Celebration Pointe, Northwest Corner of I-75 And Archer Rd2

Dirty Bird Art Co2

Downtown High Springs2

Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center2

Harn Museum of Art2

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital2

High Springs Branch Library2

High Springs Historical Society Museum2

Historic Haile Homestead2

Humane Society of North Central Florida2

Little Hall-Room 2252

Micanopy Branch Library2

Michaels2

Morningside Nature Center2

Phillips Center2

Regal Butler Town Center and Regal Royal Park2

Shoppes at Thornebrook2

Splitz Bowling2

The Wooly2

Tioga Town Center2

UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex2

United Church of Gainesville2

12227 SW 274th St. Newberry, FL 326691

12921 SW 1st Rd Suite 105 Newberry, FL 326691

20307 NW C.R. 235A1

3728 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 326081

Aikido of Gainesville1

Alachua County Farmers Market1

Archer First United Methodist Church1

Art Collective, A Curated Project of Art by Lale1

Balance 180 Gym1

Boulware Springs Park1

Bragging Rights1

Buchholz High School1

Butler Town Center1

Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation1

Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary1

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park1

Downtown High Springs Florida1

Frog Song Organics 4317 U.S. 3011

Grassy Lot1

H Spurgeon Cherry “Westside” Pool1

H. Spurgeon Cherry Pool, 1001 NW 31st Dr, Gainesville, FL 326051

Haile Village Center1

Haile West Park Gainesville1

Hawthorne Branch Library1

High Springs New Century Woman’s Club1

High Springs Women’s Club1

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center (1714 SW 34th St, Gainesville, FL)1

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens1

La Chua Trail1

LaCrosse Fire Station1

Lakeside Baptist Church1

Library Partnership Branch Library1

Loosey's Downtown1

Maggie Creek Bakery1

Main Street Alachua1

Mount Carmel Baptist Church1

Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion1

New Waldo Flea Market 17805 US 3011

Newberry Branch Library1

Possum Creek Park Skatepark1

Queen of Peace (Gymnasium)1

Rosa B. Williams Center1

Skate Station Funworks1

Social Hall1

St. Patrick Catholic Church1

Studio TM Ceramics1

Sweetwater Branch Inn1

Texas Roadhouse1

The Bryer Patch1

The Bull1

The Rock of Gainesville1

Trinity United Methodist Church1

UF Astronomy Teaching Observatory, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, Gainesville, FL 32611

UF Lake Wauburg South Shore1

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